List of submissions for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
This is a list of submissions for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature since it started in 2001 (where DreamWorks Animation's Shrek was the inaugural winner.).[1][2] An animated feature is defined by the academy as a film with a running time of more than 40 minutes in which characters' performances are created using a frame-by-frame technique, a significant number of the major characters are animated, and animation figures in no less than 75 percent of the running time.
History
The entire AMPAS membership has been eligible to choose the winner since the award's inception. If there are sixteen or more films submitted for the category, the winner is voted from a shortlist of five films, which has happened nine times, otherwise there will only be three films on the shortlist.[3] Additionally, eight eligible animated features must have been theatrically released in Los Angeles County within the calendar year for this category to be activated.
Some submissions to the Best Animated Feature category were live-action/animation hybrids, but only three films were disqualified for not meeting the 75 percent threshold. This happened with Arthur and the Invisibles in 2006,[4] Yogi Bear in 2010,[5] and The Smurfs in 2011.[6] Consequently, the former two disqualifications reduced the shortlist from five films to three films in 2006 and 2010 respectively, while the latter in 2011 did not.
Only one submission was withdrawn from the competition. This happened in 2020 when The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run was withdrawn for failing to complete qualification runs needed to be eligible.[7]
2000s
2001
| Film | Director(s) | Studio(s) | Production Country | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within[8] | Hironobu Sakaguchi | Square Pictures |  Japan United States
|
Not nominated |
| Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius | John A. Davis | Nickelodeon Movies, O Entertainment, DNA Productions | United States
|
Nominated |
| Marco Polo: Return to Xanadu | Ron Merk | The Tooniversal Company | .svg.png){kind=small} Australia
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Not nominated |
| Monsters, Inc. | Pete Docter | Pixar Animation Studios | United States
|
Nominated |
| Osmosis Jones | Tom Sito and Piet Kroon | Warner Bros. Feature Animation | Not nominated | |
| The Prince of Light | Yugo Sako | Nippon Ramayana Film Co. | Japan India
|
Not nominated |
| Shrek | Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson | DreamWorks Animation | United States
|
Won Academy Award |
| The Trumpet of the Swan | Richard Rich and Terry L. Noss | RichCrest Animation Studios | Not nominated | |
| Waking Life | Richard Linklater | Thousand Words | Not nominated |
2002
2003
| Film | Director(s) | Studio(s) | Production Country | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brother Bear[9] | Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker | Walt Disney Feature Animation | United States
|
Nominated |
| Finding Nemo[9] | Andrew Stanton | Pixar Animation Studios | Won Academy Award | |
| Jester Till | Eberhard Junkersdorf | Munich Animation |  Germany
|
Not nominated |
| The Jungle Book 2[9] | Steve Trenbirth | Disneytoon Studios | United States
|
Not nominated |
| Looney Tunes: Back in Action | Joe Dante | Warner Bros. Feature Animation | Not nominated | |
| Millennium Actress | Satoshi Kon | Madhouse | Japan
|
Not nominated |
| Piglet's Big Movie[9] | Francis Glebas | Disneytoon Studios | United States
|
Not nominated |
| Pokémon Heroes | Kunihiko Yuyama | OLM, Inc. | Japan
|
Not nominated |
| Rugrats Go Wild[9] | Norton Virgien and John Eng | Nickelodeon Movies, Klasky Csupo | United States
|
Not nominated |
| Tokyo Godfathers[9] | Satoshi Kon | Madhouse | Japan
|
Not nominated |
| The Triplets of Belleville[9] | Sylvain Chomet | Les Armateurs |  France
|
Nominated |
2004
2005
| Film | Director(s) | Studio(s) | Production Country | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chicken Little[11] | Mark Dindal | Walt Disney Feature Animation | United States
|
Not nominated |
| Gulliver's Travel[11] | Anita Udeep | Pentamedia Graphics | India
|
Not nominated |
| Hoodwinked![11] | Cory Edwards, Todd Edwards and Tony Leech | Kanbar Entertainment | United States
|
Not nominated |
| Howl's Moving Castle[11] | Hayao Miyazaki | Studio Ghibli | Japan
|
Nominated |
| Madagascar[11] | Eric Darnell and Tom McGrath | DreamWorks Animation | United States
|
Not nominated |
| Robots[11] | Chris Wedge | Blue Sky Studios | Not nominated | |
| Steamboy[11] | Katsuhiro Otomo | Sunrise | Japan
|
Not nominated |
| Tim Burton's Corpse Bride[11] | Mike Johnson and Tim Burton | Tim Burton Productions, Laika | United States
|
Nominated |
| Valiant[11] | Gary Chapman | Vanguard Animation |  United Kingdom United States
|
Not nominated |
| Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit[11] | Nick Park and Steve Box | Aardman Animations | Won Academy Award |
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010s
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020s
2020
2021
2022
2023
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2024
2025
| Film | Director(s) | Studio(s) | Production Country | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Operators are Currently Unavailable | Dalibor Barić | Kaos | .svg.png){kind=small} Switzerland Croatia
|
Not nominated | [35] |
| Arco | Ugo Bienvenu | Fit Via Vi Film Productions, MountainA, Remembers | France United States
|
Nominated | |
| The Bad Guys 2 | Pierre Perifel | Universal Pictures, DreamWorks Animation | United States
|
Not nominated | |
| Black Butterflies | David Baute | Ikiru Films, Tinglado Films, Anangu Grup, Tunche Films |  Spain Panama
|
Not nominated | |
| Boys Go to Jupiter | Julian Glander | Glanderco | United States
|
Not nominated | |
| Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc | Tatsuya Yoshihara | MAPPA | Japan
|
Not nominated | |
| ChaO | Yasuhiro Aoki | Studio 4°C | Not nominated | ||
| Colorful Stage! The Movie: A Miku Who Can't Sing | Hiroyuki Hata | P.A. Works | Not nominated | ||
| David | Brent Dawes and Phil Cunningham | 2521 Entertainment, Slingshot Productions, Sunrise Animation Studios, Angel Studios | United States
|
Not nominated | |
| Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba – The Movie: Infinity Castle | Haruo Sotozaki | Ufotable, Aniplex, Toho, Crunchyroll | Japan
|
Not nominated | |
| Dog Man | Peter Hastings | Universal Pictures, DreamWorks Animation | United States
|
Not nominated | |
| Dog of God | Lauris Ābele and Raitis Ābele | Tritone Studio, Lumiere Lab |  Latvia United States
|
Not nominated | |
| Dragon Heart – Adventures Beyond This World | Isamu Imakake | HS Pictures Studio, IRH Press Co. | Japan
|
Not nominated | |
| Elio | Domee Shi, Adrian Molina and Madeline Sharafian | Disney, Pixar Animation Studios | United States
|
Nominated | |
| Endless Cookie | Seth Scriver and Peter Scriver | Scythia Films | .svg.png){kind=small} Canada
|
Not nominated | |
| Fixed | Genndy Tartakovsky | Netflix Animation, Sony Pictures Animation | United States
|
Not nominated | |
| Gabby's Dollhouse: The Movie | Ryan Crego | Universal Pictures, DreamWorks Animation | Not nominated | ||
| In Your Dreams | Alex Woo and Erik Benson | Netflix Animation, Kuku Studios | Not nominated | ||
| KPop Demon Hunters | Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans | Sony Pictures Animation | Nominated | ||
| The Legend of Hei II | MTJJ and Gu Jie | HMCH |  China
|
Not nominated | |
| Light of the World | John Schafer | Salvation Poem Project | United States
|
Not nominated | |
| Little Amélie or the Character of Rain | Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han | Ikki Films, Maybe Movies | France
|
Nominated | |
| Lost in Starlight | Han Ji-won | Netflix Animation, Climax Studio |  South Korea
|
Not nominated | |
| A Magnificent Life | Sylvain Chomet | What The Prod, Mediawan, Bidibul Productions, Walking The Dog | France.svg.png){kind=small} Belgium United States Luxembourg
|
Not nominated | |
| Mahavatar Narsimha | Ashwin Kumar | Hombale Films, Kleem Productions | India
|
Not nominated | |
| Night of the Zoopocalypse | Rodrigo Perez-Castro, Ricardo Curtis | Copperheart Entertainment, Anton Capital Entertainment, Charades, UMedia, Mac Guff, IDL Films, House of Cool | Canada France Belgium
|
Not nominated | |
| Olivia & the Clouds | Tomás Pichardo Espaillat | Guasábara Cine, Historias de Bibi, Cine Chani |  Dominican Republic
|
Not nominated | |
| 100 Meters | Kenji Iwaisawa | Asmik Ace, GKIDS, NYAV Post | Japan
|
Not nominated | |
| Out of the Nest | Andrew Gordon, Andrew Gordon and Veerapatra Jinanavin | Base FX, Shellhut Entertainment |  Thailand China
|
Not nominated | |
| Scarlet | Mamoru Hosoda | Studio Chizu | Japan
|
Not nominated | |
| Slide | Bill Plympton | Plymptoons | France United States
|
Not nominated | |
| The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants | Derek Drymon | Paramount Animation, Nickelodeon Movies, United Plankton Pictures | United States
|
Not nominated | |
| Stitch Head | Steve Hudson and Toby Genkel | Gringo Films, Aniventure, Assemblage Entertainment, Fabrique d'Images, Traumhaus Studios | Germany Luxembourg France United Kingdom India
|
Not nominated | |
| The Twits | Phil Johnston | Netflix Animation, Jellyfish Pictures | United States
|
Not nominated | |
| Zootopia 2 | Jared Bush and Byron Howard | Walt Disney Animation Studios | Nominated |
See also
- Submissions for Best Animated Short Academy Award
- Academy Award for Best Animated Feature
- Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
Notes
- ^ Arthur and the Invisibles was disqualified for not meeting the requirements of the rules, which required 75% of the entire film to be animated[13]
- ^ Yogi Bear was disqualified for not meeting the requirements of the rules, which required 75% of the entire film to be animated[19]
- ^ The Smurfs was disqualified for not meeting the requirements of the rules, which required 75% of the entire film to be animated[21]
- ^ The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run was withdrawn by the distributor for not meeting the requirements of the rules, which required the film to complete qualification runs, whether in a theater, drive-in, streaming service or on VOD.[7]
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